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iPod Generation Indifferent to Space Exploration

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the in-space-no-one-can-hear-your-ringtones dept.

An anonymous reader writes "CNN tells us that today's young adults are no longer excited at the possibility of space exploration: 'The 2004 and 2006 surveys by Dittmar Associates Inc. revealed high levels of indifference among 18- to 25-year-olds toward manned trips to the moon and Mars. The space shuttle program is slated to end in 2010 after construction of the international space station is completed with 13 more shuttle flights. The recent 13-day mission by Discovery's seven astronauts was part of that long-running construction job.' As a result, NASA's budget will include a greater amount of public relations spending."

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  1. Re:Let's see... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Yawn. So we waste oil to send a few astronaunts on the shuttle into space for a few days to feel better about our space prospects? Every decade or so, we all pay for the televised, government-sponsored execution of another seven fools. It's like we are sacrificing them to the god of space or something.

    What a waste of time. Keep drinking your vodka-tainted Tang, space dorks.

  2. iPod Gen & Space Exploration by iviagnus · · Score: -1, Troll

    That's because they're dumbasses. Typical Apple-purchasing simpletons.